Bitter Love
Year: 2020
Country: Sweden, Poland, Finland
Director: Jerzy Sladkowski
Genre: documentary
Runtime: 86 min.
Age: 18+
Country: Sweden, Poland, Finland
Director: Jerzy Sladkowski
Genre: documentary
Runtime: 86 min.
Age: 18+
A bitter comedy about a ship with broken hearts and shattered illusions
International Competition
A lovesick misfit, a mysterious beauty, a retired civil servant, a randy fortuneteller and a doubtful young couple meet in late summer on a Russian river cruise on Volga. As many other passengers, they board the ship with broken hearts and shattered illusions, but also hoping for a change into better, seeking peace and space to come into terms with meaning for their lives. What does fate have in store for them?
A lovesick misfit, a mysterious beauty, a retired civil servant, a randy fortuneteller and a doubtful young couple meet in late summer on a Russian river cruise on Volga. As many other passengers, they board the ship with broken hearts and shattered illusions, but also hoping for a change into better, seeking peace and space to come into terms with meaning for their lives. What does fate have in store for them?
Awards & Festivals:
Flahertiana - International Documentary Film Festival – Grand Prix for the best film (Big Golden Nanook Award)
